Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear golden color ale with some good retention and some nice lacing feature. Aroma consists of spicy yeast with some nice yeast ester also noticeable. Taste consists of some spices, some fruity ester and a nice dry Saaz hoppy finish. Body is about average with some good carbonation. I really enjoyed the hoppy finish and the refreshing aspect of this beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured an light orangey color ale with a big foamy head with some good retention and some lacing. Aroma of spices with some yeast characteristics and some nice Belgian malt. Taste is comprised of a mix between some Belgian malt with a nice hoppy finish. Body is above average with some great carbonation. Well done for the style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Woohoo!! Tenth rater! - pours a glowing copper, with lots of tiny, suspended particles, and a frothy, smallish head - smells quite herbal, with some botanical and honey qualities - the mouthfeel is quite creamy dispite the high carbonation - sweet, but not cloying, with notes of vanilla, honey, wildflowers - gets a little sticky near the end, but otherwise a smooth and tasty beer - no apparent alcohol - quite good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Woohoo!!!! First US rater, shared by Notalush. Pours a beautiful orange-copper color, half lit and half dark color. Glowing color yet one cannot see through the beer. Has a medium but firm head with a sticky lacing. Aroma is tea-like Belgian sweetness with some floral-honey. Mouthfeel is slightly spiky and tingles the back of the throat. Taste is well attenuated candy sweet. The sweetness is balanced by a strong carbonation. Abrupt finish to the flavor and feels like you can just keep drinking this. Very nice beer. Split 3 ways, capped 750ml, different label, Hobgoblin tulip glass.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Hazy amber color; wonderful head, huge, thick. Strange but nice aroma, perfumy, soapy, candy-like. A suspect that I got from the aroma is confirmed by the taste: infection; the body is medium-weak, with a light sourness. Not extremely bad, but I think it’s spoiled.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear amber color ale with a big light brown foamy head with great retention and some good lacing. Aroma of sweet Belgian malt is dominating with some hints of dry fruits. Taste is also dominated by nice toffee Belgian malt with some candi sugar and some dry fruits such as figs and plums components. Body is about average with some good carbonation and no alcohol could be notice. Overall, I would have to say that this beer was very well done for the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Misty blond color. A Belgian Ale, with a mild aroma, and a better taste, mixing some malt, spices and a respectable bitterness, raising at the end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, 8%. Gusher. Muddy dark brown colour, sparkling. Small, stable light brown head. Very yeasty aroma. The flavour is also very yeasty and slightly malty along with a little fruit and OK pepper. Yeasty aftertaste, otherwise watery. Very high carbonation. Does not taste its ABV. Would have been better if the high carbonation had not mixed the yeast into the beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, 6.2%. Distinct orange juice aroma. Quite cloudy orange colour, some grey and green. Stable and creamy white head. Sparkling, high carbonation. Some good bread notes in the flavour in a good combination with subtle apricot fruitiness. Yeasty aftertaste. Quite peppery for the ABV. Strange, but nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brown bottle, 33 cl, savoured on July 10 2007; eye: amber with golden reflections, lots of creamy beige head, slight lacing, clear, average effervescence; nose: yeast, bread, fruity, lime, banane; mouth: in that order, really creamy, fruity, banana, alcohol, caramelized malt, underlying biterness present throughout the sip, lightly spicy, finale where the grainy malt and then caramelized malt takes its place, quite carbonated, slightly astringent, lightly sweet and bitter, medium body; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, savourée le 10 juillet 2007; œil : ambrée avec des reflets dorés, abondante mousse beige crémeuse, très légère dentelle, claire, effervescence moyenne; nez : levure, pain, fruitée, lime, banane; bouche : dans cet ordre, très crémeuse, fruitée, banane, alcool, malt caramélisé, subtile amertume présente durant toute la gorgée, légèrement épicée, finale où le malt granuleux puis caramélisé prend toute sa place, très effervescente, très légère astringence, légèrement sucrée et amère, corps moyen; en résumé : correct